Improvement in railway-car couplings



A. C. ,FELL. Improvement in Railway Car Couplings.

N0\124,430. P tented March12, 1872.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AMOS O. FELL, OF CALEDONIA, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN RAILWAY-CAR COUPLINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 124,430, dated March12, 1872; antedated February 21, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Arms 0. FELL, of Galedonia, in the county of Marion,and in the State of Ohio, have, invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Oar-Coupling; and do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereonmaking a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a car-coupling, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which-,Figure l is a longitudinal vertical section, and Fig. 2 is a plan view.

A represents the draw-head or bumper, provided in its top with anelongated slot running longitudinally with the draw-head, and in itsbottom with a square mortise. B represents the coupling-hook,constructed as shown in Fig. 1, and passing through the slot in the topof the draw-bar. The front end forms the hook a, which rests upon thebottom of the draw a tenon, d, with shoulders on all four sides, saidtenon passing through a slot in the front end of a spring, 0, the rearend of which is secured on the top of the draw-head. This spring holdsthe coupling-hook down in its place, and prevents it from jumping up bythe motion of the cars. The front side of the hook at is beveled, asshown, so that in coupling the cars the coupling-link D will strike saidbeveled surface, and raise the entire coupling-hook B upwards, and assoon as the link has cleared the hook to the springO throws it down inposition, holding the link. The uncoupling of the cars may be effectedfrom the platform or other part of the car by means of rods or chainsattached to the tenon d on top of the couplinghook.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The pin B having a straight projection, b, and inclined hook at, whetherheld down by a spring or its own weight, and adapted to receive and holdthe common link between a and b, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this28th day of June, 1871.

AMOS O. FELL.

Witnesses J. G. UNDERWOOD, L. H. OLDFIELD.

